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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (78883)	7/27/2010 11:31:33 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224749

Now that the economy has failed to revive -- the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it had scaled back its forecast for growth this year -- Obama has doubled down on his Clinton instincts, bringing in Lew and soliciting the help of the former president himself. For liberals, that's exactly the wrong conclusion; they think it was the caution of Summers, who feared a larger economic stimulus package, that prevented a stronger recovery. But Obama seems to be even more worried by his critics in the corporate world, who on Wednesday accused him and congressional leaders of a "general attack on our free enterprise system." The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in a statement verging on the hysterical, said the "free enterprise system is truly at risk." In the briefing room, Gibbs insisted it was pure coincidence that Obama had added a last-minute meeting with Clinton (and held a separate meeting with Warren Buffett) just as the nation's business leaders were accusing him of ruining America. Reporters, pointing out that Clinton is also scheduled to campaign for Democrats this fall, asked whether the former president has "become a key lifeline for the administration." Gibbs would say only that "it would be crazy" not to have Clinton on the campaign trail. Was he being brought in as a "mediator" to handle the corporate critics? Gibbs sounded a defensive note as he said the Chamber of Commerce also opposed Democrats "in 1998, in 1996, in 1994 and 1992, when Bill Clinton was there." The spokesman also identified a limit to Obama's infatuation with all things Clinton: The president would not be attending Chelsea Clinton's wedding, set for July 31 in New York's Hudson Valley. "Not that I'm aware of," Gibbs said when asked. Oh? After Gibbs's briefing, a report in the Hudson Valley News began to ricochet across the Web: "Obama and Oprah expected to be at Clinton Wedding."